Page 18 - CPEA Parents Handbook

CPEATM Handbook for Parents

Four tips for helping your child to enjoy Science
1. Encourage your child to measure or weigh objects around the home — often and

accurately.
2. Give your child practical experiences in growing and caring for pets and plants at

home, under your careful guidance.
3. Engage your child in conversation as you and your child participate in measuring and

estimating quantities for cooking.
4. Encourage your child to handle home appliances safely — using a knife, a pair of

scissors, a screw-driver, heating water, moving hot liquids from one container to the
next.

Children participating in science activities

Children participating in cooking activities

HOMEWORK AT PRIMARY SCHOOL
Homework at primary school is very important.
First, it strengthens what your child is learning in school. It also provides opportunities for
your child to practice certain skills.
Second, it gives you a chance to become involved in the learning process.
In certain classes, reading is the most important homework. Your child may have a book from
the classroom library to read. Try to read the book together every night.
Sometimes your child will be asked to talk to you about what he or she learned in school on a
particular day. This can be the most valuable homework of all, especially if you ask your child
questions about his or her day.

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